Oncology & Cancer

Q&A: Best ways to screen and treat breast cancer

Despite decades of scientific progress, breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the United States. Experts are divided on many aspects, such as when and how often to do mammograms, how to rethink interventions ...

Medical research

Scientists create special 'telomouse' with human-like telomeres

In an exciting scientific breakthrough, a team of researchers led by Professor Yehuda Tzfati from the Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University and Professor Klaus Kaestner from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman ...

Genetics

Making genetic prediction models more inclusive

While any two human genomes are about 99.9% identical, genetic variation in the remaining 0.1% plays an important role in shaping human diversity, including a person's risk for developing certain diseases.

Oncology & Cancer

Potential of genetic screening for aggressive melanoma

Researchers from The University of Queensland and The Alfred hospital in Melbourne have identified gene variants which may contribute to people being at higher risk for nodular melanoma.

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